Looking for pitomba source with good tasting fruit

[AndrewAZ]

I had two pitombas in the ground this year and I think both croaked from our unrelenting july/August heat.
I bought before I knew much about them.  But, I've since heard that a fair amount of them taste like ham.  That would not be a fruit I would personally want to grow.
Was wondering if anyone had a plant, or seeds or knew of anyone selling pitomba that has produces that taste like a fruit and not meat.

[hammer524]

mine is finally starting to bounce back, its like 2 or 3 feet high, ill reach out when it fruits (hopefully soon)

[shmojojojo]

I recently rooted a couple pitomba cuttings. The fruits are delicious and pretty big. They're like a concentrated sweet apricot with some mango mixed in.
I never understood the ham thing until maybe a month ago. One of the fruits had a distinct ham aftertaste. It's not necessarily unpleasant. Not sure
why that one had it and the others didn't. Maybe it was under or overripe, since they go from green to ripe in just a few days. The rooted cuttings
are 8in tall and 1/8in thick. I can send you pics if you're interested

[SHV]

Ham???  Are we talking about Honey-Baked ham?  Or perhaps Black Forest?  If it tastes anything like Jamon Iberico then sign me up!!
Shmojojojo- if you have any other rooted cuttings after AndrewAZ is covered, I would be interested as well.

[shmojojojo]

Ham???  Are we talking about Honey-Baked ham?  Or perhaps Black Forest?  If it tastes anything like Jamon Iberico then sign me up!!
Shmojojojo- if you have any other rooted cuttings after AndrewAZ is covered, I would be interested as well.

Lol I'm not sure I could tell the difference between any of those hams, but I can tell you it's like deli meat ham. Like I said, it's an aftertaste. It's not like you're biting into ham. It was still sweet and apricot-y.

I've received some interest, but I guess Andrew has first dibs if he wants one. I didn't plan on selling/trading these yet, but I offered since this post came up. I just transplanted them from their tray a few days ago and they're still pretty scrawny. I'll post some pics this weekend. If there is interest, my plant has many suckers popping up that I'll attempt to root. All the suckers make me wonder if my plant was from a cutting as well

[Kevin Jones]

Sung to the tune of "My Sharona"

My Pitomba!


Kevin

[Bush2Beach]

Animated video please! or a Pitangatooooba, Pitangatoooba repost will suffice 

Sung to the tune of "My Sharona"

My Pitomba!


Kevin

[SDPirate]

Whoa those look hefty Kevin.  Very cool!

[foresight]

I thought those were tomatoes at first glance.

[Kevin Jones]

"Animated video please! or a Pitangatooooba, Pitangatoooba repost will suffice"
Alright... but only because you begged...
Back from the vault it's P'Tang!

https://youtu.be/4-cIvRzPXmY

Kevin

[hammer524]

"Animated video please! or a Pitangatooooba, Pitangatoooba repost will suffice"
Alright... but only because you begged...
Back from the vault it's P'Tang!

https://youtu.be/4-cIvRzPXmY

Kevin

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